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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard A Jenkins, Kirtlington, GB;
Terence A Turner, Frilford Heath, GB;
Assignee:
Metal Box PlC, Reading, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B44C / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8471 ; 8522 ; 427287 ;
Abstract
Metal containers, such as cans, are printed when empty by means of dye diffusion transfer, the dyes being first printed on to a paper web which is cut into individual carriers. Each carrier is secured, somewhat in the manner of a label, to a container by a water-soluble adhesive so that, upon being heated to effect dye transfer, the carrier comes into intimate contact with a suitably receptive coating, pre-applied to the container, solely by virtue of its own shrinkage. The carrier and adhesive are subsequently removed by water spray.